Photo Coverage: Actors' Fund of America Gala

By: May. 26, 2005
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The Actors' Fund of America celebrated their annual gala on May 23, 2005 at Cipriani on 42nd Street. At the gala, the Fund awarded Billy Crystal with the The Actors' Fund's Artistic Achievement Award. The gala also honored Roger Berlind, the legendary Performer and founder of The Actors' Fund's Women's Health Initiative Phyllis Newman, John McGuire of SAG and special tribute to the 2005 Tony-Award Nominees.

The event was chaired by Actors' Fund President, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Trustee Lynn Redgrave. Rounding out the evening, Neil Sedaka performed several of his favorites along with an all-star cast in a special BROADWAY SINGS SEDAKA tribute..

For more information about the Actors' Fund, visit www.actorsfund.org.

 


Cipriani


Lynn Redgrave


Jai Rodriguez


Amy Ryan (Stella in Streetcar Named Desire) and Martin McDonagh (Playwright, The Pillowman)


Veteran film and theatre executives, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber with Roger Berlind (center)


Roger Berlind, Honoree


Richard Masur and Eileen Henry (President, SAG NY)


Jane Powell and Dick Moore


Orfeh and Andy Karl


Robin Strasser


Tricia Walsh-Smith


Phil Smith and Tricia Walsh-Smith


Neil Sedaka


Neil and Leba Sedaka


Marc Rosen and Arlene Dahl


Richard Kind


Phyllis Newman


BD Wong


Sharon Lawrence


Sarah Gettelfinger


Liz Smith


Billy Crystal


Billy Crystal and Joe Torre


Joe Torre


Joe Torre, Billy Crystal, and Janice Crystal


Janet Carol (Little Women)


Janet Carol and Adam Pelty


Cheyenne Jackson


Tony Roberts


Tovah Feldsuh


Tovah Feldsuh and Dean Stolber


Audra MacDonald


Melissa Gilbert


Dean Stolber, Lauren Bacall, and Darcie Denkert


Lauren Bacall


Polly Bergen and Lauren Bacall


Polly Bergen


Tovah Feldshuh, Polly Bergen, and Raúl Esparza


Raúl Esparza


Carol Shelley


Leah Hocking


Leah Hocking and Christopher Sieber


Christopher Sieber and Kevin Burrows


Ann Meara and Jerry Stiller


Caron Kressley


Frederick Weller and Ali Marsh


Christopher Gattelli and Stephen Bienskie


Christopher Gattelli


Jenn Gambatese


Jenn Gambatese and Cheyenne Jackson


Phylicia Rashad


BD Wong and Lynn Redgrave


Joe Torre


Billy Crystal receives The Actor's Fund's Artistic Achievement Award from Joe Torre





Joe Torre and Billy Crystal


Andrew Rannells (Hairspray), Jenn Gambatese, Judge Ellen Gesmer, Mary Bond Davis, and Jackie Hoffman


Liz Smith


Amy Ryan, Polly Bergen, and Sharon Lawrence pay tribute to Phyllis Newman



A star studded tribute to (with songs by) Neil Sedaka, lead by Audra MacDonald


Lauren Bacall honors Phyllis Newman


Phyllis Newman and Lauren Bacall



Cheyenne Jackson


Mary Bond Davis


Orfeh


Neil Sedaka




Brian Stokes Mitchell (President, The Actors' Fund) honors Roger Berlind



Brian Stokes Mitchell and Roger Berlind


 


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